AGRO –START CONFERENCE TRANSNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR SME BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE ANIMAL BREEDING AND HORTICULTURE SECTORS Trends and Needs in the Provision of Business Support Services for SMEs in the Sectors. Sofia, Bulgaria – 14 November 2013 SIMONE MANGONI Telematica Italia Srl - Italy s.mangoni@telematicaitalia.it AGEVOLAZIONI ALLE IMPRESE (Benefits for Businesses) How to support SME in monitoring and choosing public funding Italian scenario - Italian National Institute for Statistics in its 6th census 2010 on all Agricoltural Sector counted approx. 1,6 mln businesses - the half are officially registered enterprises (approx. 800.000) of which: only 42.327 (5%) > 6 employees 2.361 limited company revenues > € 5 mln (Source: Italian Chamber of Commerce) They are mostly family-run business. No Medium ones… Financial needs - Structural data imply a strong dependence on banking and its traditional credit system and today… - credit crunch - forecast is no good Furthermore SME are: - not elegibles for Equity and Bond market - neither for new «shadow banking» alternatives All that means even more weakness for the Agricoltural sector in the absence of UE grants as well as any other kind of national public funding as guarantees or tax breaks. Public funding orienteering in Italy. A hard job for our SME’s. For example now, in the same places we have at the same time: Source Description Type € Min. € Max Subsidy for young farmers settlement Grant 25.000 40.000 Agritourism Subsidy Grant 20.000 (60%) 250.000 (60%) Settlement unique prize for young farmer Prize 20.000 20.000 Support for vineyards reconversion Mixed 13.500 per ha. (average) 13.500 per ha. (average) Young farmers settlement Prize 5.000 5.000 Prize for Early Retirement Una tantum 4.000/8.000 180.000 Woods economic value improvement Grant Interests / 500.000 Regione Campania – PSR 2007/13, mis. 133 Subsidy to productor associations for promotional activities Grant 50.000 (70%) 500.000 (70%) Regione Campania – PSR 2007/13, mis. 223 Afforestation of not agricoltural plots Grant + Prize % % Regione Campania – PSR 2007/13, mis. 226 Reconstruction of woods potential Grant 100 % 100 % Regione Campania – PSR 2007/13, mis. 227 Reconstruction of not productive investment Grant From any % To 100% To be continued… … … … … Regione Abruzzo Regione Abruzzo Regione Basilicata Regione Calabria Regione Campania – PSR 2007/13, mis. 112 Regione Campania – PSR 2007/13, mis. 113 Regione Campania – PSR 2007/13, mis. 122 Telematica Italia Addresses its services and provisions only on registered enterprises (registration is mandatory in nearly every national announcement) - Monitores all news e laws for every italian SME in any sector - Parses informations and announcements and outlines them in clear data sheets organized in a structured database (search engine, automatic alert, newsletter) - Answers direct questions on projects or single announcement determinating why, If, when, where, how. - Analizes customer data and suggests the right public funding - Sets up documentation to access either public funding or private financing to this day, we support 8.000 customers and thanks to our alerts, publications and databases even in the Agricoltural Sector we are supporting the financial solidity and the chance of growth of more than 300 small enterprises In reference to foreign public and private players, we can: - help to find right place, time and partner to achieve a well co-financed investment - cooperate for helping our customers to find abroad convenient opportunities (network, partnership, support, direct investment) Thank you please visit: http://agevolazioni.telematicaitalia.it/ (laguage italian only) For any question please email us: agevolazioni@telematicaitalia.it or contact our Director of Unit Dr. Carmine Calvanese: +39 0744 392201 c.calvanese@telematicaitalia.it